Sara

Sara

Written by Gotthold Lessing
Performed in English
1990

The action takes place in poor lodgings near Dover where Mellefont is waiting to hear whether his attempts to renegotiate the terms of a cousin’s will have been successful. It appears the legacy will enable him to marry Miss Sara Sampson…

The first performance of Miss Sara Sampson was given at Frankfurt an der Oder in 1755.

Translation by Ernest Bell. Produced by Cheek by Jowl. The first performance of Sara was at the Millington Drake Theatre, Montevideo, Uruguay on 18th April 1990.

“A swirling, elegant fandango of passion, impetuosity and deception”
The Observer

Cast and creative team

Cast

Name	Character
Daniel Thorndike	Sir William
Peter Needham	Waitwell
Max Burrows	Inn Landlord
Raad Rawi	Mellefont
Duncan Duff	Norton
Charlotte Medcalf	Betty
Rachel Joyce	Sara Sampson
Sheila Gish	Marwood
Pat O’Toole	Hannah
Maria Isabel Hernandez	Arabella

Creative Team

Role	Name
Director	Declan Donnellan
Designer	Nick Ormerod
Musical Director	Paddy Cunneen
Movement Director	Jane Gibson
Lighting Designer	Rick Fisher
Company Stage Manager	Louise Yeomans
Voice Coach	Patsy Rosenberg

Previous performances

Previous Performances

Date	Location
5 June–2 July 1990	London, Lillian Bayliss Theatre, UK
28 May–2 June 1990	Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal, UK
21–26 May 1990	Winchester, Theatre Royal, UK
14–19 May 1990	Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre, UK
8–13 May 1990	Worthing, Connaught Theatre, UK
30 April–5 May 1990	Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Theatre, UK
18–23 April 1990	Montevideo, Millington Drake Theatre, Uruguay